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Houston Texans

The Texans reached for Jordan and never recovered. Grade: F.

by BurberryDO$$AR · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 0 steals · 10 reaches
Value C-
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

The Texans bet big and early on Jawhar Jordan, 50 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Job largely done: running back settled and 6 of 8 of the wish list covered.

They bet on numbers rather than a single high pick.

In the end, a class that has to defy its grades just to matter.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.26 · Pick 26 · Byron Murphy II · DL · rank 45
In No. 26 they get a load in the middle, a steep price for the projection. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.31 · Pick 31 · Emeka Egbuka · WR · rank 36
In slot 31 they get a true top target. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Ja'Tavion Sanders · TE · rank 58
A real head-scratcher, Ja'Tavion Sanders in Round 2, Pick 8 is miles ahead of his ranking. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · T'Vondre Sweat · DL · rank 63
A straight-up fair deal on T'Vondre Sweat at pick 58, value and slot in agreement. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 82
They paid up for Cooper Beebe at the 71st pick when waiting would have done the job. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · James Williams · S · rank 136
James Williams at the Round 3 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.35 · Pick 98 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 134
Javon Foster in No. 98 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.23 · Pick 123 · Cam Hart · CB · rank 139
A premium they did not need to pay, Cam Hart a notch or two before his time. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 137
Cedric Gray in the Round 4 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.27 · Pick 163 · Michael Barrett · LB · rank 196
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Michael Barrett. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.34 · Pick 170 · Christian Jones · OT · rank 213
Christian Jones at the 170th overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The roster fit checks out.
R6.2 · Pick 177 · Jawhar Jordan · RB · rank 227
This one needs a full-page explanation: Jawhar Jordan in the 177th pick, miles early. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
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